I urge you all to read, to study the writings of so many in the field of sport psychology that are available out there. Believe me it is fascinating! So, to return to the above phrase and develop it to…
Practice does not make perfect PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES IT PERFECT!
The issue contained therein leads to the fascinating link between the conscious mind and the actions of the subconscious mind.
You must understand the way the mind works in this field and I put to you that the conscious mind is capable of only one thing at a time. It controls the direction the link between the two operates. (I will give you an example of this further on.)
The subconscious mind has the power to follow the direction of the conscious mind and is capable of virtually unlimited operation factors almost instantly.
You can see this every minute, even to the action of a simple thing like picking up your toothbrush. You see the toothbrush in the container in your bathroom and the conscious mind sends the instruction to pick it up. It is the subconscious mind that does all the work to activate the muscles to pick it up and start cleaning your teeth!
If you doubt what I am saying, simply ask a good typist in the office… “How do you type”? Then watch the confusion on her face as she struggles to explain.
“Uh, I just type.” is a common answer. They have no real idea, (nor do they want to know) because they have spent untold hours on a computer keyboard. It is true, they do just type but have great difficulty bringing the operation back into the conscious mind in order to explain it.
Driving your car is another example of sub conscious activity. You do not think about this do you? Nope, you just hop in the car, fire it up and drive off to wherever! With your mind scanning the traffic
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conditions around you for almost 360 degrees! In shooting, there is a link to determine. It is there, and you will eventually become aware of the cross over point between the two minds. You will suddenly find that you are not recognising the feel of the trigger as the shot releases, because you are concentrating on the sights and attendant aiming picture.
Have you ever fired a shot that you were virtually not ready to fire? I have, hundreds of times and nearly always they are smack in the middle of the ten ring….
This is subconscious shot release, where the mind recognises the sight-picture as correct and the subconscious says “ That is good enough for me.” and activates the trigger.
This is the real factor that will arrive out of your dry- fire activities. Why I say it is crucial to be able to train the subconscious mind, simply by repetition of the process.
Well, as your dry-fire time develops and you learn to concentrate on the sight picture, (also in your live- fire activities as you train) the continual repetition is developing your subconscious activities.
You will reach this state, believe me - sometimes without even knowing you have!
Once this desired state is achieved and the first sign is when you get up off the living-room floor feeling “Hey, that was good!” Not weary, just more confident that things are going right. Well, this is when you are approaching the cross over point I have eluded to right through this article.
If you study the header photograph of these articles, you can see the concentration on my face and just after that photo was taken (by my son) the dry shot was released. ‘Click!’ You see, even posing for that photo, I was well into my method. It just becomes a subconscious routine, born from continuous training.
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